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3 Pfennige - Alexander Charles and Leopold Frederick Joint Coinage
| Issuer | Anhalt-Bernburg |
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| Year | 1861-1867 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a four-line central inscription stating the denomination and date within the open field, reading '120 EINEN THALER / 3 PFENNIGE / [year] [mint mark] / SCHEIDE MÜNZE'. The denomination legend indicates the coin's value as 1/120 of a Thaler. The legend is arranged in horizontal lines across the plain field, framed by a beaded border, with 'SCHEIDE MÜNZE' (token coinage) appearing at the base. |
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| Mintage | 1861 A - - 957,632 1864 A - Mintage included in above - 1867 B - - 200,000 |
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Anhalt-Bernburg's joint coinage under Alexander Charles and Leopold Frederick reflects the duchy's awkward dynastic situation in its final decades — Alexander Charles died without legitimate issue in 1863, after which Leopold Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau absorbed the territory, unifying the Anhalt duchies under a single ruler for the first time. These copper pieces continued circulating through that transition, eventually rendered obsolete when the unified North German Confederation standardized coinage after 1866.